Why would a CIA officer leave the CIA?

Why would a CIA officer leave the CIA?

Lindsay Moran (Former CIA Spy) gives expert video advice on: How does a CIA officer leave the CIA?; Why would a CIA officer leave the CIA?; What other opportunities does a CIA officer have after leaving the CIA? and more...

An officer might leave the CIA for a number of reasons. It's incredibly difficult to lead a double life and to sustain that over the course of decades, which is one of the things that you will have to do if you are in the clandestine service and you're going to work for the CIA for the rest of your life. So, if you have a level of discomfort with that, if you don't like lying to your family, your children, your friends, and you don't like leading a double life. This is probably the primary reason that people might leave the clandestine service. I would also say that a lot of people end up leaving the CIA because they join thinking it's going to be this glamorous job at a really glamorous institution, and it ends up being pretty boring. There is a lot of bureaucracy at the CIA, and many people get frustrated with the bureaucracy.